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My father’s gift of silence
February 28, 2025
GAVIN THOMAS MURPHY :: My Dad comforted me like the way a harbour shelters boats as we went on retreat together in County Cork just the summer before he died.
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Judeo-Christian theology and an ecology in crisis
February 20, 2025
STUDIES ARCHIVE :: The dangers of a wrong understanding of the theological concept of dominion over the earth.
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The search for happiness
February 20, 2025
BILL TONER SJ :: The pursuit of happiness is fraught, and the belief that we should always be happy is misguided.
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The masks we wear
January 15, 2025
BILL TONER SJ :: People adopt different ‘personas’ in different circumstances. What about Jesus's personas?
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Steering away from neoliberalism
January 14, 2025
DERMOT ROANTREE :: Ireland has relied far too heavily on a neoliberal model of growth. It's time to chart a better course.
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Back to Porridge
January 8, 2025
BRENDAN MCMANUS SJ :: ‘Getting back on the wagon’ with diet, exercise, work and rest. with time for prayer and meditation, has a surprising impact on my life.
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Grief at Christmas
December 23, 2024
Brendan McManus SJ and Jim Deeds :: Ten tips for dealing with grief at Christmas, a time of doubly poignant loss that heightens the sense of being adrift.
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Breathing new life into ecumenism
December 12, 2024
2025 is the 1700th anniversary of the first Council of Nicaea. The year could prove to be a pivotal one for Christian Unity. A lot done, and a lot more...
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Travellers and the Irish State
November 27, 2024
STUDIES :: Bryan Fanning (in autumn 2015) notes the irony in Irish images of Travellers echoing the 19th century racist caricatures of the Irish themselves.
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What lies beneath
November 27, 2024
BILL TONER SJ :: A new book claims that none of Hitler's close associates could be described as natural thugs.
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